The role of the university as a promoter and user of technology is discussed, along with the university's role as observer and critic of technology. Examples of how the university uses technology are provided, including registration, research, library operations, energy conservation, planning, and management. Questions that have been posed about technology by higher education include: whether technology will replace judgment, intuition, and responsibility; whether technology will reduce interpersonal contact; whether technology will discourage divergent thinking, originality, and imagination; whether technology will smother individuality and blur individual differences; whether technology will retard physical development, limit outdoor activity, and frustrate aesthetic expression; and whether technology will exacerbate inequities. Based on the experience of the University of Winnepeg, examples are cited of the relationship between university uses of technology and criticisms of it. Some positive answers were found, among them that: the use of technology in registration has improved access and choice of courses; technology has enhanced distance education; and technology has improved library operations. (SW)